Emanuel Biancucchi Cuccittini (born 28 July 1988) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Resende.

Career

A youth product of

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Football in Argentina, ...

, Biancucchi moved to Germany in 2008 to join

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club

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. In January 2011, he joined

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club

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for a trial period, but transferred to

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

in the Segunda División instead, but he still has a valid contract with 1860.

Personal life

Emanuel Biancucchi is the cousin of Paris Saint-Germain forward

Lionel Messi Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the ...

(the son of his mother's sister) and the younger brother of retired forward

Maximiliano Biancucchi Maximiliano Daniel Biancucchi Cuccittini (born 15 September 1984), is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward. Career Early career He started his career playing for San Lorenzo of Argentina. He also played for Paraguayan cl ...

. He also has Italian citizenship, and is represented by his uncle (Jorge Messi, Lionel's father).

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* Living people 1988 births Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine footballers Argentine people of Italian descent Italian footballers Association football midfielders Newell's Old Boys footballers TSV 1860 Munich players TSV 1860 Munich II players Independiente F.B.C. footballers Club Olimpia footballers Esporte Clube Bahia players CR Vasco da Gama players Ceará Sporting Club players FBC Melgar footballers 2. Bundesliga players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Peruvian Primera División players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Paraguay Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil {{Argentina-footy-forward-1980s-stub